At times, staff may wish to use weekly course grades as a progress monitoring data point. ion has the ability to import weekly gradebook scores from the Student Information System - and then automatically attach those scores to a student's academic plan. Importing scores from the gradebook is beyond the scope of this document.
Prerequisite: You must have an assessment that tracks weekly grades - imported from the SIS. Contact Customer Support for assistance.
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Set Up the Skill Dictionary
- A skill must be created to monitor gradebook scores. Typically, scores are imported by department - so a student will have a "Math" score and an "English" score. We recommend following the same naming conventions as the data import.
- In our example, we have created a skill for Math grades - with a category of "Coursework."
For more information on general MTSS - Dictionaries and Setup guidelines for skills, see Skill Dictionary.
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Set Up the CBM Dictionary
- Once the skill is set up in the Skill Dictionary, it is necessary to set up the CBM dictionary.
1. Click the "+" icon.
2. Enter the CBM Name - such as Progress Grades
3. The CBM Type must match the skill type - Select Academic
4. Toggle Active to "Yes"
5. Click Save.
6. Progress Grades will now appear in the CBM library.
Create a new CBM Measure by hovering over the cog menu - and clicking the green Plus icon.
The Measure Editor will now populate to fill out.
1. Give the measure a name.
2. Choose the source assessment. (This is the assessment that stores the weekly course grades from the SIS).
3. The default skill will auto populate with the assessment.
4. Select "Weekly Grades" from the Source drop down. This will tell our automated processes to look for this CBM when processing data.
Set up MTSS - Plans or MTSS - Intervention Groups as desired using progress grades as a CBM / progress monitor.
